1/11/2009 8:29 PM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Jehovah, the righteous Judge
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Numbers 16:18-35
Message of the verses: “18 So
they each took his own censer and put fire on it, and laid incense on it; and
they stood at the doorway of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron. 19
Thus Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the doorway of
the tent of meeting. And the glory of the LORD appeared to all the
congregation. 20 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron,
saying,
21 "Separate
yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them
instantly." 22 But they fell on their faces and said,
"O God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be
angry with the entire congregation?"
23 ¶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 24 "Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get
back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’" 25
Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of
Israel following him, 26 and he spoke to
the congregation, saying, "Depart now from the tents of these wicked men,
and touch nothing that belongs to them, or you will be swept away in all their
sin." 27 So they got back from around the dwellings of
Korah, Dathan and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the
doorway of their tents, along with their wives and their sons and their little
ones.
28 Moses said,
"By this you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these deeds;
for this is not my doing. 29 "If these men die the death of all men
or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me. 30
"But if the LORD brings about an entirely new thing and the ground
opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend
alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the
LORD." 31 As he finished speaking all these words, the
ground that was under them split open; 32
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households,
and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions. 33 So
they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth
closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly. 34 All Israel
I wonder
what Korah and the members of at least part of his family thought when they
laid their heads down the night before they were to appear before the Lord at
the tabernacle the next nigh. I wonder
if there was any worry in their hearts.
I truly believe that if they would have gotten down on their knees and
confessed their sin to the Lord and repented of their rebellious behavior that
there would not have been a judgment from the Lord the next morning.
Moses had
to intercede for the children of Israel on a number of occasions and this was
one of those times, for God was very angry with Israel and was about to destroy
all of them, but Moses and Aaron got down on their knees as soon as the glory
of the Lord was seen and began to intercede for them.
I have said
before that I do not want to be too hard on this generation of people because I
do some sinful things too, but these people did some very terrible things and
did not seem to learn their lesson at all trying the patience of the Lord and
of Moses and Aaron.
God
destroyed these so called leaders along with all those who had fire pans of
incense burning before the Lord and the rest of the children of Israel
One other
thing that Dr. Wiersbe had written and that is that the some of the sons of
Korah must not have been destroyed at this time because there are a number of
Psalms written by the sons of Korah and the were well know musicians too.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: The fear of the Lord certainly comes to mind
when reading this passage along with thankfulness that I worship a Just
God. I also think about the truth that
all of my judgment was taken out by God on the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross
so that I do not have to face judgment on my own.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- I want to continue to learn more and more about God, who I serve.
- I want to continue to learn contentment.
- I want the Lord to guide my path.
Memory verses for the week: Romans
6:19-21
19.
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness
of your flesh. For just as you presented
your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further
lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting
in sanctification.
20.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free
in regard to righteousness.
21.
Therefore what benefit were you then deriving
from the things of which you are now ashamed?
For the outcome of those things is death.
1/11/2009 9:26 PM
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